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They
could not confront the declaration, especially the part on the alleged wrongdoings
of the Prime Minister, so they attacked and maligned the signatories and those
who spoke in support of it.

Mohd
Najib’s immediate response was brief, superficial and weak. Soon after the People’s
Declaration became public a government spokesman issued the following
statement:

"Today, Tun Mahathir and his former
enemies have demonstrated the depth of their political opportunism and
desperation.

"There is an existing mechanism to change the government and Prime
Minister. It’s called a General Election. And it is the only mechanism that is
lawful and democratic that fulfils the people's will.

"In 2013 Malaysian people expressed their will and elected the current
government led by the Prime Minister Najib Razak. If Tun Mahathir wants to
change the government, he must follow democratic process and wait for the
election in line with Malaysia's laws and Federal Constitution."

In
the comment section of my posting on the declaration, I made the following
remarks on PMO statement, in my capacity as one of the signatories:

(i) That being the case, Mohd Najib's premiership from 2009 to 2013 was illegal
and unconstitutional because Tun Abdullah was removed without a general
election being held.

(ii) In many democracies around the world, Presidents and Prime Ministers were
removed from office legally without elections being called.

(iii) Yes, the rakyat may be willing to wait for the general election to decide
the fate of the Prime Minister but investigations concerning 1MDB, the Prime
Minister's RM2.6-billion private account and the alleged misused of the
RM42-million SRC's money must continue to be carried out and the guilty party
punished.

(iv). It is to their credit that former enemies, as the PMO’s statement puts
it, have now come together as concerned citizens of Malaysia to call for the
ouster of Mohd Najib through non-violent and legally permissible means.

Mohd
Najib’s subordinates in the Cabinet, Umno, the Barisan Nasional and the media
may be showing a strong face and making belligerent statements in the media,
but I sensed that they are worried and desperate.

Their
maligning of the declaration and its signatories in the online media – the
blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Instagran accounts quickly backfired.

A battle ground among pro-PM cyber troopers

According to
Aljazeera, a public relations drive on Twitter by Mohd Najib to defend his
position in corruption scandal has turned into a criticism tool. Just days
after facing a political call to step down as Malaysia's prime minister, Najib
Razak now faces more pressure from the public.The hashtag
#RespectMyPM was supposed to support Mohd Najib. However, said Aljazeera, that
turned into a criticism tool against the Prime Minister.

Worse still,
Mohd Najib’s own cyber troopers are at each other’s throat. His #RespectMyPM
hashtag and other pro-Umno and pro-Government sites had been turned into
battlefields by his cyber troopers. They calling each other names.

Having
failed to gain traction in the propaganda warfare, there is nothing to stop the
Prime Minister from acting more sternly and directly against his detractor,
including the use of police power.

A former Attorney
General, who was consulted on the People’s Declaration, had privately warned
that there was nothing to stop the police and the AG from initiating criminal
action against the supporters of the Save Malaysia movement.

The Challenge of Nonpartisanism

As
for the non-partisan and people-oriented nature of the declaration my hunch is
it will take some time for Malaysians to understand and embrace the new wisdom.

I
noticed from the line of questioning at the post-signing press conference that
even members of the media were unclear about the new concept. They kept coming
back to “why is Tun Dr Mahathir cooperating with his former enemies”.

The media and young Malaysians have to understand

They
could not grasp the idea of nonpartisanism and the
fact that the signatories were affirming the declaration as individuals – as caring
Malaysians who want the country saved.

For nonpartisanism to take root and national interest
to take precedence over party politics, the mindset of the media practitioners and
the young Malaysians must change. They have to be more open-mined and
inclusive.

We
have been so deeply partisan and communally divisive in our politics for such a
long time that to digest and understand this new development will take time.

I
won’t blame the reporters if the they were shocked seeing Dr Mahathir sharing
the stage with individuals who are members of the DAP, PAS, PKR and Amanah. It
was not an everyday scene.

But
the people who signed the document at the March 4 gathering had been in
conversations for months, if not years, since it became clear that Mohd Najib
was being less than truthful and sincere in his personal affairs and the affairs
of the country.

Be
it tomorrow or years into the future the repeat of what’s happening today
cannot and should not be allowed. The country and its people have suffered so
much in the hands of one person. No future Prime Minister should be allowed to
wield so much executive power and to act unilaterally.

It
is for this purpose that the declaration in its concluding paragraph states:

“We call upon all Malaysians, irrespective of race,
religion, political affiliation, creed or parties, young and old to join
us in saving Malaysia from the Government headed by Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak, to pave the way for much needed
democratic and institutional reforms, and to restore the important
principle of the separation of powers among the executive, legislature and judiciary which will ensure the independence,
credibility, professionalism and integrity of our national institutions.”

**Dedak eater or its
Malay origin “pemakan dedak” was popularised by pro-Umno cyber warriors in the
aftermath of last year’s Umno General Assembly. It came about when Umno
vice-president (Datuk Seri) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced on Dec 11 that Umno
would beef up its online propaganda by appointing more cyber warriors. This had
apparently caused the displeasure of the existing operators who resorted to
calling the potential new arrivals “pemakan dedak”.

52 comments:

Datuk, perhaps the only plus about 1MDB scandal is that it has resulted in the maturing of our democracy via the embracing of non-partisan politics.

The statement issued by the 'pemakan dedak' government -

"There is an existing mechanism to change the government and Prime Minister. It’s called a General Election. And it is the only mechanism that is lawful and democratic that fulfils the people's will"

- is not only incorrect, it treats Malaysians as uneducated and ignorant.

As for the other methods - I believe a no-confidence motion has been moved by the opposition but has been suppressed and not been called for a vote. The other method of removing a PM by impeachment is also unavailable since police reports made against the PM have not been acted upon.

I would urge the opposition to continue filing motions for a no confidence vote and further to publicise such motions to the Rakyat through alternative media.

"A former Attorney General, who was consulted on the People’s Declaration, had privately warned that there was nothing to stop the police and the AG from initiating criminal action against the supporters of the Save Malaysia movement."

Salam Datuk

If this happsns, then the relevant barua2 will be yet again committing a gross abuse of power.

There is NOTHING undemocratic about asking a Prime Minister to step down. It has been specified already, by permissible & non-violent means.

Salam Datuk Kadir...with all due respect, I think you should stop supporting Tun Mahathir and his mad, motley crew. Otherwise you will be contributing to the destruction of Malaysia. If you cannot see the Big Picture...I can enlighten you over glasses of teh tarik at Bangsar Baru.

We need the new mind set to face the present political delima.1. the trust between the rakyat and government seemed to be at the lowest.

2. The institutional body created by the act of parliment and in accordance with constitution has been marginalised and helplessly destroyed, no civil society and right thinking persons will accept thees kind of governance.

3.The declaration is appropriate because all others effort seemed to fail. No body give a damn about the whole episode.

4. Seperation of power is and absolutely irrelevant to law abiding citizen. All the apparatus seem fail or made to fail to operate.5. these ghost 2.4 billion gone without any single decent Malaysian has a clue what is really going on6. are Malaysian simply give up and let the next worlds decide for us.I rest my case Sdr kadir.

Malaysia was formed 53yrs ago..more than 5 decades have already passed...If we were born at that time..by now our hair would be grey..remembering the days where the Beatles hairstyle, Elvis sunglasses, mini skirts and bell bottoms were the craze of the day..By now with our grey hair we look matured and wise not yet old man...

Malaysia at her age now...are not matured enough...especially in politics. Our politics are so engrossed with racial partisan that we fail to act and see as citizens of a nation.and lately religion became another partisan that will further divide our political splits.

Hopefully now...with this "Citizen Declaration" we will act as "ONE CITIZEN" against the tyrant.

While I agree that the campaign from PM Najib's side has been a disaster, I also believe that there is room for improvement on the "Save Malaysia" side too.

Specifically you need to explain better to the kampung Malays why you are taking this action.

It is no longer about one new revelation of wrongdoing after another. I think the kampung people are smart enough. They already know who is right and who is wrong. A crook stealing one extra billion after taking a couple would make no difference to their view about him. Yet they are still unconvinced that they must take an active participation in the Save Malaysia movement.

I know the 'peninjaus' are also reading this but my suggestion to you is to appeal to people's hearts as well as their minds. Give them reasons to believe that getting involved is the right choice.

Dato, I don't think you need to waste your precious time sitting "over glasses of teh tarik at Bangsar Baru" with this "dedak's" eater ("theprofessor") Dedak's eater only suitable to be among their species because they seem still could not understand any human language.

1. Be it tomorrow or years into the future the REPEAT of what’s happening today cannot and should not be allowed.

2. No future Prime Minister SHOULD BE ALLOWED to wield so much executive power and to act unilaterally.

3. We need democratic and institutional reforms, and to restore the important principle of the SEPARATION OF POWERS among the executive, the legislature and the judiciary for a better Malaysia of tomorrow.

4. The Interim Government upon the resignation of PM Najib will still be headed by new UMNO PM, but, it MUST comprise DAP, PKR and members of Civil Societies too because IT IS NOT UMNO that demand the resignation of PM Najib, but the voices of the non-partisan Malaysians.

Though the new PM is from UMNO, being the largest party, the new guy must respect the need to quickly restore the key government institutions and institute democratic and institutional reforms to avoid REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES.

The new PM is to call fresh General Election in 2016, not 2018.

Unless he signed in public the "Save Malaysia People’s Declaration", Zahid cannot become the new PM at all cost!!!!

A holder of any public office cannot indulge in bribery and corruption. That is the fundamental principle in public services. Otherwise public services will degenerate into personal or crony services. And to ensure the high standard of integrity in the public service, our country has enacted a law since the British rule that a public officer who secretly receives any gratification including any donation with or without consideration from anyone in which he has official business is guilty of a corruption act. Najib has done that & he has broken the cardinal principle in public service and he has to face the law for his corrupt misdeeds. He has to face charges for both the RM2.6billion receipt and the RM42million bribe from SCRI.

Any person who supports a corrupt criminal from prosecution is a criminal himself, including Apandi. Only stupid and self interested people will support a corrupt leader like Najib.

And only criminals in the police force or AG Chambers will find any criminal wrongdoing in the drafting and signing of the people's declaration, of which the main aim is to remove a corrupt person from the premier public office of PM. He should be charged in court in the first place and with it part of the aims of the declaration would have been achieved.

My wishlist includes:1.AG appointed by Parliamentary special committee and reports to Parliament.2. MACC also reports to Parliament, works independently without any meddling from the executive branch of the government with power to prosecute.3. Parliamentary watchdog to monitor and ensure all institutions are run the way they should be.4. Any revocation of publishing approval and blocking of online media outlets will only be valid with court's warrant.5. No more PM-Finance Minister dual role, let alone the PM becoming board member of any government-owned business entity.6. To scrap political appointments to government-linked institutions and companies. 7. To ensure every minute of parliamentary setting aired live without any censorship.8.To limit the use of Official Secret Act only to sensitive defence-related matters.9.To amend minimum wage policy in accordance with the standard of living (different amount for urban and rural)10. To abolish multi-tiered GST and only charge SST if necessary at the maximum rate of 3%.11. To ensure any corrupt office holders to be tried in court directly without the need to inform or request blessing from anyone in executive and/or legislative branch.12. To disallow political institutions from holding shares in media companies.Thank you and Wassalam.

To me Najib is a fraud and a dimwit at the same time.He once boosted that TPPA was signed on 'our terms'.

If it's on our terms, why do we need to rectify 26 of our own laws to accommodate the TPPA.

Therefore, just like 1MDB, the TPPA will be the next major blunder in 2 years' time. And that is when we are supposed to have GE14. By then too, our boys in that dubious Saudi's Northern-Thunder military exercise, might have engaged in skirmishes with Yemen's warriors. May God forbid. Maybe Najib could not say no to Saudi Arabia's Coalition of Islamic Country Against Terrorism. If not, the Sauds might officially deny that 'donation' claim.

Whatever the reason Najib decided, on-behalf of the Rakyat, to join that stupid and senseless Arabic war, I really hope the life of our boys would not be sacrificed, just to save the Saud's Kingdom from Yemenis warriors.

Saudi Arabia, as a matter of fact, is initiating an all-out sectarian war between Sunnis & Shias, literally around the world. When Muslims are killing each other, the ones who would benefits most are 'kafir' countries who are arms and weapon manufacturers. They have huge advantage to test the accuracy of their weaponry and fine-tuning it in real-life war zone too. At the same time, depleting their old and redundant stock of armaments.

While the Arabs are wasting resources, killing each-other. How stupid can the Arabs be? And.....now Najib want us to be stupid like the Arabs?

"The motion of no-confidence against Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman by his Umno colleague on Tuesday shows just how precarious the balance of power is in the state.

With Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, a former mentri besar, pushing for the motion, it leaves the 32-seat assembly split in half – 16 (excluding Ahmad Said) for Barisan Nasional and 15 for the Opposition (14 PAS and one from PKR.)"

As usual, Mappadulung Daeng Mattimung Karaeng Sanrobone does not practise what he preaches.

The Perak takeover was never put to the will of the people, as he now claims is "the only way to remove" him. Not was Mukhriz's removal. Nor, for that matter, did Mappadulung become PM by election. In his only election, he lost the popular vote!

The Speaker of T'ganu does not seem to understand that a no-confidence vote is completely democractic. He also does not understand that to gelabah biawak when presented with a motion of no-confidence, run away, and presumably "wait for instructions", is not how democracy works.

However for DS Mat Said, the answer is simple:

Use the SD method.

Mappadulung cannot complain.

Bak kata pepatah omputih, "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander".

Datuk, it seems a good opportunity has struck in the Najib vs Harakahdaily suit. From what I read, Harakahdaily will be calling you and TunM for their defence. I cannot wait for this to happen BUT then, will the trial proceed as planned ? Note that the Judge has said better to settle it before the trial. Hope Not !

Zalman, will not happen. Pas wants to stay out and has gone a step further to say no sacking leaders, but to correct them. I don't really know what this is supposed to mean except to ask is this part of the Hudud law ? Because if it is, then why the caning, stoning and cutting ?

"A former Attorney General, who was consulted on the People’s Declaration, had privately warned that there was nothing to stop the police and the AG from initiating criminal action against the supporters of the Save Malaysia movement."

Actually bukan saje Umno yg dlm keadaan bercelaru, tapi Pas jugak. From what I see, Dato' Tuan Ibrahim = "voice of reason", TGHA = we are unsure of motive. But the Harakah suit can be fatal to Najib, because PAS can now do what the MACC could not - subpoena evidence from overseas to show movement of funds; iaitu, from Swiss, US (FBI and DOJ) & S'pore mainly.

Not only that, but PAS can ask for discovery of all the MACC documents and even summon the MACC to court, e.g. "what was discovered on Najib's credit cards?"is it true that you recommended prosecution"?

Gus Dur the former President of Indonesia was forced to step down by the Indonesian people with the help of the Indonesian military because they found out that he received a donation of USD2 million from the Sultan of Brunei. That money was straight put into his personal account.

If I am not wrong, the DPR equivalent to MPs here demanded that Gus Dur either returned the money to the Sultan or to put it into the Government coffers. He refused both and thus was charged with impeachment.

Najib is worse than Gus Dur. Beside the 2.6 billion in his account he has also lost 42 billion of the Government's money - Sovereign Debt Fund.

Yet e denied his involvement in this heist and his corruption of the 2.6 billion ' Donation ', even though the WSJ, New York Times, Sarawak Report, etc,etc has exposed it in a more detailed picture of his treacherous wrong doings.

Tun M, TSMY, and the Rakyat in general has demanded his resignation but he refused. Instead UMNO members defended him all out and Najib took the opportunity to crush and silent his critics in many ways such a blocking websites, police actions against those that make police reports, replacing government servants that he feels will act against him and replacing corrupted officials that owed him a lot. Changing laws that can benefit him more than others. He even I believed mislead and misinform the Agong. And lately he blocked a young man from giving talks and speeches in the universities.

All these news can be read in various social medias like Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, etc,etc. And of course Najib's cyber troopers were busy deflecting and denying all allegations that comes from those who want Najib to step down.

But what I noticed through these social medias are the mind set and mentalities of the Malays.I think majority of the Malays are easily being brainwashed by the issue of Race and Religion. The Malays are being frightened that the opposition especially the DAP will rule the country and all Rights of the Malays will be taken out,that the Royalties will be abolished and that the country will eventually be turned into a Republic like Singapore. Not satisfied with that, Najib even use religious clerics or ustads to come out with various edicts that this country should not be allowed to be ruled by Kafirs like what happened in Penang.

Malays being Malays are a tolerant race and the comments that I noticed being most written by Malays in the social medias are ' Allah will punish him in the hereafter if he has done wrong to the Rakyat and country... Allah is Merciful and Forgiving...Dosa besar memfitnah sesama kaum tanpa bukti..etc..etc ' Najib is most happy when he reads these kind of comments from the Malays which translate that he will not be charged according to the laws of the country. By that he can continue to crush his opponents at will. I will not be surprised that anytime he will even arrest Tun M, you, TSMY,etc,etc.

Najib has even went to the extend to showcased himself performing the Umrah, paying a courtesy call on the Saudi King and giving full support to the Saudi government in fighting against IS. Before that he has already made a pact with a few Super powers for his protection.

I am sad that the Malays, no matter how highly educated they can be, they still retained that mental siege and the attitude of " Tolerance, Forgiving, Suppressing of Race and Religion, All will be judged in the Hereafter, etc,etc."

Datuk, I believed you have to address this Malay mentality problems in your blog. You have to try to make them open their eyes or even to wake them up and say ' Hey, you living in a real world friend. And here there is this guy named Najib robbing, plundering and raping your beloved country and your hard earned money. He must be stopped. He must answer his wrongdoings and he must be convicted if found guilty. We cant wait for the Hereafter to seek justice "

"Saudi Arabia is seeking a bank loan of between US$6 billion (RM24.65 billion) and US$8 billion (RM32.86 billion), sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what would be the first significant foreign borrowing by the kingdom's government for over a decade." (http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/333463)

TERIMA KASIH TUN DR.MAHATHIR and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali....Thank you Datuk AKJ and all the signatories and the rest of concerned Malaysian citizens.

Last night there's some coverage on prime time news regarding the Citizens Declaration (CD) and they spent 10 minutes of their precious airtime discrediting the movement. They're referring to the declaration as Kit Siang-Mahathir's Declaration; a deliberate attempt to engender hatred, anger and to confuse the public. They were discussing it purely in negative light, interviewing and quoting the usual suspects, promulgating how it won't suceed bla bla bla and repeatedly referring it as Kit Siang-Mahathir declaration. They never discussed what's actually in the declaration but spending their effort on something else. What a lame coverage.They wouldn't dare to refer it as people declaration but made up a new name out of thin air. Something which gave a whole different meaning to the declaration; probably fearing it would get the support from the masses. We would like to think that they would be truthful and honest with their news reporting after blocking and shutting down blogs and news portal on the internet whom they said reporting half truth. But what they gave us last night was exactly THAT. How ironic. What they did was a blatant disregard of ethical reporting. Where is the profesionalism? No wonder they're quickly losing trust and credibility. With this kind of behavior there's no no wonder. And the length of precious time they spent ripping up the declaration speak at length what deep down inside. They're already worried and panicking..

1. Constitutional review of legislation (law)2. Disputes about constitutional competence between state institutions3. Disputes about electoral results4. Dissolution of political parties5. Impeachment of the president or vice-president

They were discussing it purely in negative light, interviewing and quoting the usual suspects, promulgating how it won't suceed bla bla bla and repeatedly referring it as Kit Siang-Mahathir declaration.

My comment,

They are referring to Kit Siang- Mahathir declaration.

What do you expect they do? This reaction is expected.

Citizen rights movements were never easy.

In America, in the 1960's, there were civil rights movements against the discrimination of African American citizen. Activist Malcolm X was murdered so as Martin Luther King.

People like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were very committed at their cause. Now, in US, Obama, an African American is the President.

I think we do have people that are committed to bring changes for the better in this country. That is why, they have come up to with this Citizen Declaration.

I think if there are a lot of "reaction" on the other side, it is one of the indication that the mass movement actually works.

Another thing where the CD is beneficial, is that it promote citizen to "think" on what is the best for this country, on what is right and what is wrong.

They are people who might disagree with the CD but most of these people fail to come up with any better alternatives to solve the problems in this country.

Ahlan Wasahlan DAKJ n my good friend Zed-85.Nak tanya what is the meaning of Dedak which you guys kept hurling at Pro-Najib people like me?Is it a Kedah staple food?I am definitely not a dedak. Never received rice or money or anything from Najib. Just a supporter who believes Najib is doing good for our country. Fitch rating good, GDP good and PR with the people perfect - all he cared for be they orphans, poor or the rich. Kalau ada orang sakit atau mati mesti dia melawat. If tak dapat datang, kirim duit via his aides. My mama is so inpressed with his loving kindness.I suggest you meet the wise professor and have a one-on-one pow-wow. Come back to us and tell whether you are swayed by his principle. For regular people like me, the declaration and not Najib will bring the downfall of the Malays. I can't bear to see my kids, grand-kids and future generation cursing me if I sign the declaration. Tun takpelah hidup dah puas dengan segala nikmat. Kasilah can keturunan Melayu rasa apa beliau dan cucu cicit rasa. Tak fairlah kan, you all rasa. We all tak rasa. Hendak juga merasa. At least Najib makes us feel inclusive. My former idol tu only friends with the creme de la creme. Kenal Daim, Halim Saad, Ananda Krisna, Robert Kuok etc.

Thanks DAKJ for accepting me. it's not that I love you less but I love Najib and Melayu/Malaysia lots. Hehehe.I thought sangat terang lagi bersuluh yg I dah tak idolized Tun M like I used to. Dulu dia condemn Pak Lah. Now condemn Najib pulak. Tak balik cam tu buat kat orang pilihan u sendiri. I tau you seorang tokoh yg fair yg accept people tak sama kepala with you. That's why I only commented on your, Rocky's Bru and Zamkata blogs.. Simply because you guys print the opinions of anti your stand. I tried once on Din Merican, Sakmongkol and that so-called hebat Outsyed The Box. All deleted since I am not in the same page. Your liberty endears us to you. Infact I learn much from you though we disagree. But you haven't answered my query as to the meaning of dedak. It's the first time am hearing the word here. Is it a vitamin? Thanks much.

1. Debater "Pompuan", dedak is bran. It is the byproduct of rice milling. It is usually used for feeding chicken, ducts and pigs.

2. As I explained in the last posting, dedak eater or its Malay origin “pemakan dedak” was popularised by pro-Umno cyber warriors in the aftermath of last year’s Umno General Assembly. It came about when Umno vice-president (Datuk Seri) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced on Dec 11 that Umno would beef up its online propaganda by appointing more cyber warriors. This had apparently caused the displeasure of the existing operators who resorted to calling the potential new arrivals “pemakan dedak”.

About Me

I was born in 1947 in Kedah. I came from a rice farming family. I have been a journalist since 1969. I am the Editor-in-Chief of magazine publishing company, Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd. I was Group Editor NST Sdn Bhd and Group Editor-in-Chief of NSTP Bhd between 1988 and 2000. I write fortnightly column “Other Thots” in the Malaysian Business magazine, Kunta Kinte Original in Berita Harian and A Kadir Jasin Bercerita in Dewan Masyarakat. Books: Biar Putih Tulang (1998), Other Thots – Opinions & Observations 1992-2001 (2001), The Wings of an Eagle (2003), Mencari Dugalia Huso (2006), Damned That Thots (2006), Blogger (2006), PRU 2008-Rakyat Sahut Cabaran (2008), Komedi & Tragedi-Latest in Contemporary Malaysian Politics (2009) and Membangun Bangsa dengan Pena (2009).